The Seattle Sounders Select earned most of the
good chances and finished a pair while shutting out the visiting Cascade
Surge. Defender Bryn Ritchie played his first PDL match this season after
recovering from an injury and he headed in the match winner in the first
half. Greg Foisie added an insurance goal in the middle of the second half.
Brandon Sewell earned the shutout for the winners.

Ritchie and midfielder Ben Somoza will play one more match with the
Sounders Select, this Wednesday's US Open Cup match at MLS Dallas Burn,
then they will leave to train with MLS LA Galaxy in July.

First Half

The two sides traded chances for the first half hour. Seattle's Somoza
crossed from the right flag to give Zach Kingsley a header from the spot,
but the leaping Kingsley couldn't quite reach all of the ball.

For Cascade, Allan Maragh's cross was barely out of reach of the head
of David Schofield on a run up the middle. Juan Galavis won a deflected
ball near the arc and shot low and accurately at the far post, but goalkeeper
Brandon Sewell dove fully stretched to push the ball wide with one hand.

Foisie carried from his own half through the defense and into the penalty
area for a 15-yard shot, foot-saved by goalkeeper Oliver Sanders, and the
rebound gave Joe Watson a 20-yard chance that was wasted over the bar.

32' Ritchie (Somoza). Sy Reeves was tripped hard just outside
the left edge of the area, two yards from the bye line. Somoza curled an
inswinging free kick to the far post, where Ritchie rose to head just inside
the middle of the close post. Sanders reached the ball as the ball reached
the post, but he was a tiny fraction of a second too late to prevent the
goal. 1-0 Seattle.

Halftime: Seattle 1 - 0 Cascade

The next quarter of a match was dominated by Seattle. A 10-yard shot
by substitute Todd Stauber forced a sideways dive by Sanders, who parried
the ball wide to a defender. Foisie fought off his marker for a 15-yard
shot from the left, but Sanders dove towards the far post to snare the
ball. Kingsley up the middle fed an open Reeves on the right for a 15-yard
try with Sanders charging, but the blast was a yard high. Wonderful footwork
by Somoza at the arc let him elude three defenders to send a short diagonal
pass forward to the open Foisie, who missed a 10-yarder when he ought to
have put it on goal.

Cascade were suddenly dangerous when an attack entered the penalty area
and a cross to the spot led to a shot that was blocked, and the rebound
fell for Roger Groome for a chip from 10 yards that curled the wrong way
and missed the top far corner by half a yard.

In the 76th, Kingsley carried up the middle and worked a long wall pass
with Foisie to earn a header from 8 yards, saved overhead by Sanders.

77' Foisie (Kingsley). The same pair of attackers were immediately
at it again, this time Kingsley open on the right for a pass and a nice
cross that curled in towards the spot. Out from the far post, Foisie was
first to the cross and sent a perfect shot low and in off the base of the
far post. 2-0 Seattle.

Cascade soon had an opportunity as Groome crossed from the right to
give Tony Whittaker a 20-yard shot up the middle, but he miskicked the
shot and sent it well wide. Then Groome's 20-yarder up the middle went
wide.

The 86th minute gave Cascade their best chance as a ball chipped over
the defense inside the area gave Ahmed Figueroa a 10-yard chance with seemingly
only the goalkeeper to beat, but Ritchie somehow got in the way just in
time to completely block the shot and preserve the shutout.